Frozen frame: within the frozen frame technique, time ceases to move physically on the screen. Many films conclude with a sudden freeze of the image on the screen, thus interrupting the flow of motion. Other directors utilize this effect to terminate a sequence: the image is stopped and after a moment it fades out. In the middle of a sequence, sometimes the end of a shot is frozen to center attention on a fact or a character. Zoom shots that move forward have been frozen at the end with remarkable effect.
DANIEL ARIJON